[De aegritudinibus particularibus, de curis febrium].

Accession number: 
PML 22628
Author: 
Concoregio, Giovanni de, active 1404-1448.
Published: 
[Pavia] : [Antonius de Carcano], [1485].
Description: 
[122, 66] leaves ; 29 cm (fol. & 4to)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1925.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC and Goff.
In two parts: I) 1485, II) 1485.
First colophon, to De aegritudinibus particularibus, leaf P10v: ...Et i[n] hoc terminatur prima pars hui[us] opusculi de egritudinibus p[ar]ticularibus omnibus a capite usq[uem] ad pedes s[ecundum] doctorem. Illustre[m] ac comitem dignissimu[m] d. Magistrum Ioannem de concoregio mediolanensem artium et medicine principem [et] monarcham in felici studio papiensi. M°cccc°xxli. finitum fuit hoc opus p[er] me Ioa[n]nem de romagnano hora .xxii[a] die sexto mensis ap[ri]lis. Magister antonius de carchano imprimi curavit papie 1485.
Second colophon, to De curis febrium, leaf h8r: Finis adest deo duce huic su[m]mule de curis febriu[m] [secundum] clarissimum philosophum [et] medicum Io. concoregium quam extractam ab originali concesso a prestan° artium [et] medicine doctore Magistro Lazaro dataro placentio theorica[m] medicine papie legente. Magister Antonius de carcano i[m]p[ri]mi curavit papie .1485.
Printed in Carcano's type 4:78G.
Signatures: A-O⁸ P¹⁰: 122 leaves, leaf A1 blank; a-f⁸ g¹⁰ h⁸: 66 leaves, leaf a1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio and Royal quarto.
De aegritudinibus particularibus probably from a manuscript written by Johannes de Romagnano (BMC).
De curis febrium edited from a manuscript owned by Lazarus Datarus.
2 columns, 48 lines. Initial spaces, without guide letters.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.8 x 20.6 cm., with some deckle edges.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: A1 (blank).

Binding: 
16th-century (or later) quarter white sheep over original beech boards (29 x 21 cm.), sewn on 3 supports; rebacked(?). Plain paper pastedowns; plain endbands. 15th-century manuscript title on rear board and on vellum label on rear board. 2 clasps, missing.
Variant Title: 

Title from ISTC: De aegritudinibus particularibus. De curis febrium

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubricated, contemporary Central European (Austrian?) red initials, capital strokes, and paragraph marks; major initials unrealized. Annotations: Heavily annotationed throughout in at least 1 contemporary hand. Cotemporary manuscripts notes on additional blank leaves at beginning and end, including excerpts from Galen and Mesue, a tract on flebotomy, the plague, etc. Contemporary foliation, including the additional manuscript leaves. Additional quire of 8 leaves after quire P cut out, included in foliation, probably with manuscript notes.

Provenance: 
Salzburg, Benedictines, St. Peter, 1767 library label with shelf mark: XXX. D. 35 (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Voynich, April 1925.
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